Steve Katz, an Assemblyman from Yorktown who was first elected in 2010, was charged on Thursday, March 14 with unlawful possession of marijuana and speeding after being stopped by a trooper on the New York State Thruway near Albany, New York. Katz was ticketed for traveling at 80 miles per…
Julio Acevedo, the 44 year old suspected driver in the March 3 fatal car crash in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, was taken into custody in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on March 6th. 21 year old Raisy Glauber, who was several months pregnant, and her 21 year old husband Nachman, were en…
On September 27, 2012, the trial began for 41 year old Ophadell Williams, the tour bus driver charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the March 12, 2011 accident on I-95 in the Bronx which killed 15 passengers. The prosecution contended that Williams was fatigued and speeding when he…
In New York County Criminal Court this week, the trial of 63 year old postal truck driver Ian Clement commenced. Clement is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident under Section 600 of the New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law, which carries with it a maximum sentence…
In what should come as no surprise to anyone, the first civil lawsuit has been filed against Penn State University subsequent to the guilty verdict against ex-football coach Jerry Sandusky, who was found guilty of 45 counts of sexual assault involving ten victims last month by a Pennsylvania jury. The…
On July 25, 2012, Dr. Rohan Wijetilaka, 63, a cardiologist with a practice in Yonkers, was arrested by DEA agents on federal illegal drug distribution charges. It is alleged that Dr. Wijetilaka issued prescriptions for Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and other controlled substances for cash or in exchange…
As we all know by now, 68 year old ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted by a Centre County, PA jury on June 22, 2012 of 45 counts of sexual abuse of children. Sandusky was acquitted of only 3 of the total of 48 charges against him. The…
In an eye opening article by Brent Staples in the New York Times this past week, the issue of the substantial number of NYC Summons Court dismissals was highlighted. The numbers are rather astonishing: in 2011, of the 528,618 summonses issued for a variety of low level offenses, 330,364 were…
A former Westchester County Police Officer was recently sentenced in New Haven Federal Court to 37 months in prison for his reported role in a drug smuggling ring. 36-year-old Michael Brady of Thornwood was accused of taking approximately $20,000 in cash in exchange for allegedly assisting drug smugglers pass through…
Last Friday, a New Brunswick, New Jersey jury reached a verdict in the case of Dharun Ravi, the 20 year old Rutgers sophomore charged with bias intimidation as a hate crime, invasion of privacy and various evidence tampering charges in connection with webcam spying on his roommate Tyler Clementi, as…